I LOVE GOD AND I LOVE GUCCI TOO

I love God and I love Gucci too!
The statement caught my attention as i have spent a long time wondering how to explain to my loved ones that one can be with god and at the same time be materially fulfilled too..
one can be rich, both within and without- why choose only one?
Spirituality means richness from within but it also means trying to make every effort to be rich materially as well since both need to co-exist.
My spiritual guru once asked me what i prayed for, to which i had replied rather proudly, happiness for all- and a good life for all the animals in the world etc etc...
She told me to work towards all that on my own rather than depend upon the world...but i don't have the means, said i,in all innocence...then ask god to provide you with so much that you can take care of them all yourself, said she....
thats when it occurred to me that she was right. What good was a person who was dependent herself on others? Ask god for the very best for you deserve only the best.

In all honesty, i was relieved in a strange way, coz even though my heart breaks at watching others in pain, and i do want to create a world for myself- a world where love reigns, i cant see myself living a life of denial and isolation which is what we grew up to interpret spirituality as...
today, im proud that i am able to connect the two - my inner richness can be translated into my external world...

Said someone, 'there is no blessing or glory in poverty whatsoever, but the unquenchable desire for more is the greatest poverty you can have.'

Abundance or poverty is an internal mindset and based on our mind and the thoughts we carry with it, we create our reality, consciously or unconsciously.
The pursuit of riches becomes more of a spiritual endeavour if we maintain our awareness of how and what we do. To possess wealth is not a sin, but to not be at peace with or without it, is an unhappy situation to be in.
Like they say, it is good to make money, bad to be made by it.
Once we grow in our spiritual awareness, we realize that our inner nature is designed to create abundance.
All we need to do is visualize abundance all around us- in work, in joy, in love, in riches....its actually a feeling of fullness, of feeling complete and overflowing....its only when we have tons of say, joy, laughter or even love that we tend to pass it on even unconsciously and eventually end up creating our own little heaven...
Soon we take responsibility for our own successes and failures. The universe is ours fOR the asking, provided we ask for it and are at peace and comfortable with what we get.
Like many, i believe in comfort and luxury, in desires and dreams. And i have learnt and in many ways still learning to demand and expect only the best for myself...

Its simple. God loves us and His love makes me feel loved and cherished and special in my own small way which makes me feel that i have the right to ask Him for only the best.
I dream big. I take risks. I take responsibility because i dare to love.
So dream on fearlessly and demand the very best for yourself if you want to give the world your best.
Love without reason, completely.